Azure Migrate - Vmware no Disk detected

Question

For some reason one of my VMs in vsphere that I am trying to migrate using an azure appliance is being detected with no disks, so I cannot migrate it.

I am at a loss as to why this is happening. It is not a dynamic disk, and for all intents and purposes that I can see, meets all criteria to be migrated to Azure.

Azure Migrate detects 0 disks with 0 GB in use

settings in vcenter for this VM

disk management in the actual VM

I created a new VM (without the data) and it detected it fine...with the exact same settings. Anyone have any pointers they might be able share or some guidance? Thanks!

Answer 1

I got it. In case anyone else comes across this, I changed the Virtual Device Node to SATA Controller and then the Azure Migrate Appliance picked up the disk almost immediately.

Answer 2

Hey,

The issue might be related to a NVMe controller configured in your VM, since Azure Migrate can see the disks after you changed the controller. You can move your VM by migrating it as a physical machine. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/migrate/tutorial-migrate-physical-virtual-machines

As another option, you can use StarWind V2V converter to migrate your VM to Azure.
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-v2v-converter

Cheers,

Alex Bykovskyi

StarWind Software

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